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WASHING MACHINE.

No. 378,919. Patented Mar. 6, 1888.

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MANLY L. BLACKWELDER, OF CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO DANIEL R. HOOVER, OF SAME PLACE.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,919, dated March 6,1888.

Application filed April 20, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MANLY L. BLAOKWELDER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Concord, in the county ofCabarrus and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a washing'machine economicalin construction, durable, and effective in operation.

The invention relates to that class of washing-machines in which thesuds -box, so called, or body is arranged to be rocked in order to givethe necessary motion-to the garments being washed; and the invention hasspecial reference to means for rocking the body and for holding the bodystationary when so desired.

As hereinafter particularly set forth and claimed, the inventionconsists in a suds-box or body provided with lateral journals ortrunnions, preferably made of wood, and of proportionately largediameter, so as to be readily reversible when worn, and provided withone or more diametrical grooves, combined with a standard or pedestalhaving a swinging locking device cooperating with the journals to holdthe suds-box or body stationary when desired, and adapted to bedisconnected therefrom to permit freedom of motion of the said suds-box.

In the accompanying drawings, in the several figures of which like partsare similarly designated, Figure l is a side elevation; Fig. 2, asectional end elevation, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a detachedtrunnion.

The body a is elliptical or oval in shape,and preferably composed ofwooden side pieces, I), and a metal periphery, c, secured to the saidside pieces. This body is provided with any suitable cover, d, and anoperating-handle, e, and at onev end has an emptying-faucet, f. The bodymay be provided on the inside with any usual rubbing-surfaces, 9, eitherarranged on its sides or crosswise of its bottom. The sides I) arecentrally provided with journals h, projecting laterally therefrom.These journals or trunnions are for economys sake made of wood, and arecircular in shape, and are secured to Serial No. 235,533. (No model.)

the sides of the suds-box,fi1st by center bolts, 1', on which they maybe rotated, and also by means of screws or other fastenings, j.

The base or pedestal or standard It is composed of two side pieces, Z,rigidly connected by cross-pieces m and a center brace, a. In the upperedges of these side pieces, Z, semicircular cavities o are made, of aradius equal to or slightly greater than the radius of the journals ortrunnions; and these said cavities form bearings or boxes in which thejournals or trunnions rotate, the said suds-box or body being supportedby its said journals or trunnions in the cavities 0 in the side pleces,Z.

The outer faces of the trunnions or journals are provided with one ormore diametrical grooves, 10, and one of the side pieces, Z, of theframe is provided with a swinging loop, or, as I have herein termed it,a locking device, 1", which may be conveniently made of a piece of baror strap metal. This locking device 1" is pivoted to the said suds-box,so as to be swung into and out of the grooves in the journals ortrunnions, as indicated by full and dotted lines, respectively, in Fig.2. By providing the trunnions or journals with more than one groove 19the suds-boxer body may be held stationary in a horizontal or otherposition when it is desired to insert or remove the garments. 4

By making the journals or trunnions of the proportional diameterindicated in the drawings a very steady motion is given to the suds-boxwithout thereby rendering its operation difficult or laborious.

When the trunnions or j ournals become worn, the fastenings j may beremoved and the bolt 5 loosened, and said journals then turned upsidedown or rotated on their bolts sufficient to bring a fresh and unwornsurface into the bearings'o.

By the use of a locking device, 1', extending entirely across a verywide journal the sudsboX is held very firmly.

What I claim is-- 95 1. Awashing-machine consisting of a swinging bodyor suds-box, lateral trunnions, one of which is provided withdiametrical end grooves, a frame having bearings to receive saidtrunnions, and a swinging locking device arranged upon said frame toengage one or another of the grooves in said journal, substanbined andarranged substantially as described.

tially as described. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 2. In awashing-machine, a swinging sudshand this 19th day of April, A. D. 1887.box or body, lateral trunnions, one of which for engaging said groovedtrunnion, all com- 10 is grooved diametrically, bolts and fasteningsBLAOKWELDER' for reversibly securing the trunnions to the l Witnesses:suds-box,and a frame or standard having bear- JAs. O. FINK,

ings for said trunnions, and a locking device D. L. Bos'l.

